mightn't it be that there's a person called “Kaguya-hime” who's there?’, he said.  ‘As for the Kaguya-hime who is here, since she has a serious illness, it’s unlikely that she will be able to come out.’  When he said this, there was no reply from the king, and, bringing the flying carriage over to a place above the house, he said ‘Now then, Kaguya-hime.  How is it that you would stay so long in a filthy place?’  The doors to the place where they had secluded themselves 


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